--- title: LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to Neighbors description: LeBron James sends cupcakes to his neighbors to apologize for the chaos surrounding his return to Cleveland. canonical: https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-23T19:18:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:53.359Z og:title: LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to His Neighbors to Apologize for Causing a Ruckus og:description: He knows things have been chaotic since he announced his decision to return to Cleveland og:url: https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to His Neighbors to Apologize for Causing a Ruckus twitter:description: He knows things have been chaotic since he announced his decision to return to Cleveland twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to His Neighbors to Apologize for Causing a Ruckus by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 23, 2014 7:18 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 23, 2014 7:18 PM UTC As soon as LeBron James [announced ](http://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers)that he’d be returning to his native Ohio, everybody pretty much just went totally nuts. Cleveland Cavaliers reporters (and fans) swarmed his home in Bath Township near Akron, causing traffic jams and general chaos. LeBron was aware of all this, and to apologize to his neighbors, decided to send shipments of cupcakes. Each box included six “Just A Kid From Akron Cherry Cola” cupcakes and six “Homecourt Chocolate Chunk” cupcakes from a local bakery, ESPN [reports](http://espn.go.com/nba/story/%5F/id/11250669/lebron-james-sends-neighbors-cupcakes-apologize-chaos). Both flavors were created specifically for James’ foundation. We’re a bit skeptical about a cherry cola cupcake, to be quite honest, but hey, it was still a nice gesture. LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to Neighbors ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/"},"headline":"LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to His Neighbors to Apologize for Causing a Ruckus","datePublished":"2014-07-23T19:18:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:53.359Z","description":"A sweet gesture","url":"https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Lebron James","celebrity","cupcakes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3024978/lebron-james-cupcakes/","name":"LeBron James Sends Cupcakes to His Neighbors to Apologize for Causing a Ruckus"}}]}] ```